This study has been conducted about one of the fundamental debates in educational system and curriculum development titled “social-citizenship ‌training”. The methodology was survey study and the sampling population was 337 (61 male- 276 female) elementary school teachers in Tabriz which were selected on the basis of multi-staged and comparative cluster sampling. For data analysis the Freidman and T tests were used. The findings showed that in the“goals” stage, the failure of the goals of citizenship training in establishing an effective relationship between schools and other organizations; In“content” stage, the negligence of modulation of concepts and skills of citizenship in different zones of learning; in“teaching and learning” stage, lack of appropriate activities and in“evaluation”stage, overlooking the creativity and innovation of learners were among the most significant challenges. Meanwhile, the result of the independent T test showed that there was a meaningful difference between the views of female and male teachers on“content”, “learning and teaching activities” and “evaluation“stages. However, in “goal” stage there was no meaningful difference.